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And a D'Oyly Carte is a menu.


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Helen queries: Is this really AnnaS?

Yup! 'fraid you can't blame my prolonged absences on Faldage (though we can merrily blame a lot of other things on him; in particular, the propagation of pathetic poetry!).

I don't come around much these days because 1) I'm settling into a new life in a new town, as some of y'all know; b) my trusty old 1996 Mac finally did die and we're saving up for a new one* and iii) there's not as much word/language-focused material here any more. But I'm not making a dramatic exit or anything like that -- when I get a machine up and running at home, I'll be able to participate more and, I hope, help contribute thoughtful/amusing posts about words. Yeah, words.

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* and then I'll post instructions for Macs... if I can figure them out!


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D'Oyly Carte is a menu.
Unfortunately, D'Oyly Carte is but a fond memory. [sigh -e]

Combining D'Oyly Carte with Dub-Dub-s "states song" recalls the parody song listing the chemical elements, to the tune of the Major General's song. In honor of the return of Chemeng1992:
http://wiw.org/~drz/tom.lehrer/evening.html#elements


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instructions for Macs... if I can figure them out!

1. Avoid.
2. See 1.

welcome back, everhow you travel!



Ps: did the hairy one give you the link to Vocabula review, in which there was quite a sharp review of the Atlantic article and another?

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Thank you thank you Keiva!! It is nice to be missed....

Plenty of songs have heralded silver and gold, but never would I have imagined finding beryllium!! I'll have to share with my old Chemistry Prof, the esteemed Stephen Kauffman.


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